Sentences with phrase «than national averages»

(It's certainly better than national averages, but those take into account that 2/3 of our population is sedentary; not exactly the best barometer of fitness.)

Both rates are better than national averages.

Also, despite skyrocketing rents in tech hubs like Seattle, Denver, and San Jose, the share of cost - burdened renters there remain lower than national averages.

These are generally lower than the national averages, however.

There's more to Atlanta than Outkast and Georgia peaches — the city's cost of living is astonishingly low, with food and gas prices hitting the same level or lower than national averages.

Those dollars stretch a lot further in a metro area where housing costs are quite a bit lower than the national average.

If you want a job, looking in a geographic area with unemployment rates lower than the national average is probably a good idea.

Redistributing tax money from workers to seniors with incomes higher than the national average is unsound policy,» Clemens said in a release.

Chattanooga was the first municipality to debut a city - wide gigabit network — known as «the gig» — in 2010, with speeds 200 times faster than the national average.

That includes electricity, heating, water and garbage, at a price that's 23 % lower than the national average.

However it is quite a bit lower than the national average of 9.57 percent.

Thanks to provincial subsidies, an EMBA at UQAM is significantly cheaper than the national average.

Samuel Tombs, the chief UK economist for Pantheon Macroeconomics has tweeted to suggest that turnouts in London are a little lower than the national average.

In 2016 hydroelectric power accounted for 39.9 percent of South Dakota's net electricity generation, allowing residents to enjoy electricity prices significantly lower than the national average.

If you want to fit in to that Calgary neighbourhood it helps if you're married, voted conservative, earn more than a half million annually and have a taste for champagne — the denizens there drink more than twice as much bubbly than the national average (no doubt toasting their good luck to be part of the oil patch).

Entrepreneurs living in the Paris of the Plains can focus more time on business and spend less time worrying about paying the rent, considering housing is 59 percent less than the national average.

Riverside's above - average cost of living is largely driven by housing, but entrepreneurs looking to rent a small apartment won't pay much more than the national average.

Riverside's 92.4 percent startup density is higher than the national average, meaning the entrepreneurial spirit is thriving, but the market isn't saturated.

So that's 20 percent faster than the national average.»

And if you're in a softer housing market, the home you're trying to unload could sit far longer than the national average of 80 days.

While the unemployment rate for recent military veterans is higher than the national average, recruiters from plum post-biz school gigs are actively courting many vets who opt for an MBA.

In El Paso, by contrast, Medicare spends just $ 7,500, slightly less than the national average.

Out of the 25 metros, the narrowest gender wage gap overall is in Tampa, Florida, where women make approximately 89 % of the median salary for men — higher than the national average.

An undergrad who borrows $ 37,000 — and that's less than the national average for 2016 graduates — and has an interest rate of 4.45 percent will pay $ 8,908 in interest over 10 years, according to NerdWallet's student loan calculator.

The unemployment rate in Alpharetta is one percentage point lower than the national average.

To a student fresh out of college, San Francisco's median rent rate of $ 3,200 per month (three times higher than the national average!)

This situation is a key reason why the unemployment rate for these individuals has been consistently higher than the national average for some time.

Both states continue to have significantly higher uninsured rates than the national average of less than 10 percent.

Because online banks don't have the expense of maintaining branches like traditional banks do, they can offer annual percentage yields of 1 % or more — about 14 times higher than the national average of 0.07 %.

Property and income taxes also are lower than the national average.

Still, that's better than the national average rate on money market accounts.

New Jersey and parts of Long Island had more nonprime mortgage activity than the national average and now has more delinquencies and foreclosures than in much of the region.

He said Florida teachers earn an average $ 48,992, which is 15 percent lower than the national average.

Since then, home prices in every upstate metro area have risen faster, or fallen more slowly, than the national average.

Rhode Island mortgage rates are generally lower than the national average.

The results are impressive: for example, jobs in the solar power sector south of our border have been growing ten times faster than national average employment growth, now employing more than 142,000 individuals, with 23,000 of these jobs added in 2013.

Another seven states also had criminal alien shares higher than the national average.

Broward County's rate of census forms returned, including our hard - to - count populations, was higher than the national average resulting in an increased flow of federal funds.

Montana has a cost of living higher than the national average, as well as a relatively low average savings APY of 0.27 %, so it ranks toward the bottom of the list.

Also, unemployment in Gainesville is better than the national average.

The odds for job seekers in Las Vegas aren't great, considering that the unemployment rate is higher than the national average.

Healthcare costs about 9 percent less than the national average, groceries are nearly 6 percent less and housing is a full 29.3 percent cheaper.

Unemployment is higher than the national average, but jobs are expected to grow over 37 % in the next 10 years.

That is about 1 % lower than the national average.

Although the unemployment rate here is higher than the national average, it's actually lower than the statewide rate in Alaska, according to the BLS.

With a cost of living that is nearly 15 percent lower than the national average, Mississippi is the cheapest place to live in the U.S. for the second year in a row.

In Nebraska, the cost of living is 7.1 percent lower than the national average, making it one of the 15 cheapest states in America.

Although the average weekly wage here tops $ 1,000, the unemployment rate is higher than the national average.

The unemployment rate in the New Orleans area is higher than the national average.

If you're looking for maximum home equity, this could be a great place to live: home values are up 4 percent from last year and the 3 percent unemployment rate is lower than the national average.